View of the monastery on Orphan Island, Yangtsze River [now Chanjiang River], China

People:

Unknown (photographer)

Title:

View of the monastery on Orphan Island, Yangtsze River [now Chanjiang River], China

Date:

between 1862 and 1879

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Albumen silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 18.5 x 24.0 cm secondary support: 34.6 x 53.2 cm

Reference number:

PH1982:0363:019

Point of View:

exterior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Photographs PH1982:0363:019 and PH1982:0363:020 are mounted on the same secondary support.

Inscription:

inscribed - by an unknown hand, in pen and black ink, on the negative, l.l.: "21"; [mirror image] inscribed - by an unknown hand, scratched in the negative, l.r.: "10 [?]" [diagonal, underlined] numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, u.r.: "20"

Location:

Orphan Island; Chaniang River; China;

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

monastery
stairs
gateway
terraces
cliff dwellings
pagoda (building)
gable roofs
landing (marine structure)

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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